2019 Baseball Roster
Alex Erro
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
- Position:
- INF
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- High School:
- Gulliver Prep
2019: First Team All-Big Ten ... Played in the infield in every game, starting in all but one ... Led the team with 68 hits and 96 total bases ... Set new career-highs in nearly every batting category, including a .322 batting average ... Hit his first homerun of the season against Brigham Young (2/16) … Started the season with a eight game hitting streak ... Reached base twice, adding a stolen base and a run, against MacMurray (3/12) ... Recorded three hits, two of them doubles, while adding three RBIs and a run to help defeat Chicago State (3/27) ... Went 4-for-5 with a double in a win over San Jose State (3/30) ... Hit a two-run homer and added two more RBIs on a single versus Chicago State (4/2) ... Contributed three hits and a run scored in a victory at Ohio State (4/6), before adding four more hits, two runs, a stolen base and a RBI in the next day's game to complete the sweep of the Buckeyes (4/7) ... Went 7-15 with 7 RBI, including a game-winning 3-run HR, and 3 runs scored against Maryland (4/12-13) ... Recorded his 18th multi-hit game of the season with three hits in a win over Rutgers (5/10) ... Got on base twice and scored the eventual game-winning run to clinch the series vs. Rutgers (5/11) ... Knocked in three runs and scored one himself to held defeat Minnesota (5/17) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018: Played and started in every game at second base....tied for team lead with 10 doubles...recorded the fewest strikeouts of regular starters with 21...recorded multiple hits in 16 games...reached base three times and stole three bases in the first game at Omaha (2/17)...scored a season-high four runs on top of two hits and two stolen bases in a win at Kansas (2/24)...began a 14-game hit streak with a double and two runs at Texas (3/3)...tallied home runs in consecutive games versus Illinois and at Chicago State…(3/27) at Chicago State went 3-for-5 with three RBI, one home run, and a stolen base...recorded two mult-hit games to close the series at Maryland (4/1)...began a second 14-game hit streak at Penn State, including eight multi-hit games over the streak...went 4-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored at Western Michigan (5/2)...reached base four times with a home run and two RBI versus Belmont (5/17).
2017: Tallied a 17-game hitting streak, longest for a Northwestern player since 2008...Struck out 18 times in 233 at-bats (K/12.9 AB), which placed him 38th in the country in the toughest to strikeout category...Earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Feb. 27 after hitting .700 with a 1.1000 slugging percentage at the Mule Mix Classic...Hit five home runs, the most by a Northwestern freshman since 2010...One of three Northwestern players to tally over 60 hits...One of three players to play in all 57 games…Collected a season-high four hits vs. Santa Clara (March 5) and Maryland (May 14) … Drove in a season-high four runs to help Northwestern win a series at Purdue ... Voted Male Newcomer of the Year at the 2017 NESPYs.
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Gulliver Prep … Helped the Raiders win the district and region championships en route to a state semifinal berth last season … Had a .330 batting average with eight doubles, two home runs and 19 runs batted in … Has a career on-base percentage of .431 … Plays with Elite Squad Baseball during the summer and helped the club capture the top spot at the Under-17 BCS Finals and Under-16 Mizuno Sunshine State Championships … Named to the All-Tournament Team in Perfect Game's Florida State Championship and the Perfect Game BCS Finals … Made the honor roll each year of high school … National Honor Society member.
Personal: Born Alexander Erro … Son of Judith and Juan Carlos Erro … Major is Learning and Organizational Change.
